Eben King wrote:
> I think I had to resort to Envy to get the DVR displaying on the TV.
>
>> I think the next time I "monitor shop" I will get a big widescreen
>> with as much area on one screen as these two 17" Compaq FP7317 that I
>> have had for years have.
>
> What are the 17s? 1280x1024? That's 1 310 720 each, or 2 621 440 for
> both. One 1680x1050 is 1 764 000, around 1/3 less. So I dunno about
> your plan.
Hi Eben,
You loose almost a third in the (annoying) gap, plus the one widescreen
will be cheaper than two 17s or whatever. Not only that, you could use
whatever video card or even the motherboard video. That would not be as
exotic or finicky as nVidia.
When I did this, they didn't have widescreens.
>> My buddy set them up for me once upon a time in Gentoo as well. It
>> took him weeks and weeks and *he* knows what he is doing.
>
> It took me a while to get these two (same res, same size, different
> brands) working in Ubuntu also. I mean, if I did it the quick-and-dirty
> way it was much easier, but that way's non-portable. So if I changed
> distros I'd have to do it all again.
When I came from MEPIS there was no mention of a possibility of saving
settings, although everything was working perfectly. Where do you find
portability?
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